How to terminate an action if condition changes?

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Please help me to add a condition that will stop the action when the state changes. My knowledge is too little, and I am hopelessly tinkering over this for the second day. Here is my automation to trigger a buzzer when the door is left open for longer than the time set. How do I make the buzzer go off if the door is closed and not to wait for the action to be fully executed?

alias: Door left open alert
description: Notification if the main door is left open
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.ikea_door_sensor_opening
    to: "on"
    from: "off"
    for: "00:00:10"
    id: open
    variables:
      long_enough: true
  - platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.ikea_door_sensor_opening
    to: "off"
    from: "on"
    id: closed
    variables:
      long_enough: "{{ now() - trigger.from_state.last_changed >= timedelta(seconds=10)}}"
condition:
  - condition: template
    value_template: "{{ long_enough }}"
action:
  - repeat:
      sequence:
        - service: switch.toggle
          target:
            entity_id: switch.sonoff_100090791d
          data: {}
        - delay:
            hours: 0
            minutes: 0
            seconds: 2
            milliseconds: 0
      count: 9
  - service: switch.turn_off
    target:
      entity_id: switch.sonoff_100090791d
    data: {}
mode: single

The wait time is set to 10 seconds for testing purposes. The variable long_enough is added so that the automation does not record every opening.

2

mode: restart will do it, along with an if action:

alias: Door left open alert
description: Notification if the main door is left open
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.ikea_door_sensor_opening
    to: "on"
    from: "off"
    for: "00:00:10"
    id: open
  - platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.ikea_door_sensor_opening
    to: "off"
    from: "on"
    id: closed
action:
  - if:
      - condition: trigger
        id: "closed"
    then:
      - service: switch.turn_off
        target:
          entity_id: switch.sonoff_100090791d
        data: {}
    else:
      - repeat:
          sequence:
            - service: switch.toggle
              target:
                entity_id: switch.sonoff_100090791d
              data: {}
            - delay:
                hours: 0
                minutes: 0
                seconds: 2
                milliseconds: 0
          count: 9
      - service: switch.turn_off
        target:
          entity_id: switch.sonoff_100090791d
        data: {}
mode: restart
3

Thank you :+1: The underrated restart mode comes to the rescue :tipping_hand_man:
How do I prevent logging “normal” door open events in the automation? Or are they just not logged?

4

Logged?

If you mean triggered the door has to be open for 10 seconds before it will trigger.

5

I referred to the door opening records in the logbook. So that they don’t multiply unnecessarily, and only record when alarm conditions are met. I’m probably worrying about this unnecessarily, right?

6

You can either log all state changes of the door or none. See: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/recorder/#exclude

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7

This clarifies everything and ends the topic :tipping_hand_man: